Traction attachment for implements.



A. H. WARTCHOW. I

TRAGTION ATTACHMENT FOR IMPLEMBNTS. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

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TRAGTION ATTACHMENT FOR IMPLEMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application inea tray s, 1909. serial no. 494,389.

To all whom it Vmay concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. WARTOHOW, a citizen of the United States, residin at Deering, in the county of McHenry, tate of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traction Attachments for Im lements; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tol make and use the same.

This invention relates Vto tractors .for farm and other implements and has special reference to a novel form of'means for applying atractor to a farm or other implement.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel means of attaching a tractor to an implement of the above described character. 1 Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable means for supporting a tractor so that the same may be attached to a variety of shapes and sizes of implements of the above character.

A third object of the invention is to provide a novel form of supporting frame for use in connection with a tractor.'

machine.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in general of a supporting frame for tractor elements provided with adjustable means for attaching the same to a farm or other implement.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the Lzeveral views, and :-I

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the complete tractor as applied to a threshing Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of the tractor frame with the engine and ether parts in dotted lines to show their positions thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the manner of adjusting the attach-` ment to the implement.

The numeral 10 indicates a `farm implement which is here shown as a threshing and stacking'machine and this implement is to be taken as typical of any form of wheel mounted implement.

At 11 is indicated tractor mechanisml which is here shown as comprising a gasolene engine with its gearing tank and tool box. Upon the shaft of the engine is mounted a belt wheel 12 which is connected to the belt wheel 13 of theimplement by means of'a suitable belt 14. This belt wheel 12 is provided with a clutch 15 so that the belt wheel may be thrown in 0r out as may be desired. The shaft of the engine is also provided with-a clutch and gear 16 so that the propelling gear .may also be thrown in or out when 1t is required to move or stop the engine.

The supporting frame comprises an upper rectangular frame 17 which is provided with cross members 18 having holsters 19 Patenten aan.. is, 1ero.

thereon to support the engine. This frame 17 is xedl attached to spaced frame bars 20 provided with downwardly bent extensions 21 having terminals 22 provided with bolt receiving apertures 23. Adjacent the other end of the frame members 20 is supported a pair of bearings 24 wherein is mounted an axle 25 provided with wheels 26 to support the outer endof the tractor.

Beneath the frame member 20 extend frame members 27 provided with upwardly inclined extensions 28 having terminals 29 rovided with bolt receiving apertures 30. he members 27 are lalso provided with a series of spaced bolt receiving apertures 31 extending therethrough and adapted to receive the bolts 32 which .pass through the bolt receiving apertures 23 of thev frame members 20. The frame members 20 in like manner are provided with a series of bolt receiving apertures 33l which are adapted to receive the bolts which pass through the bolt receiving apertures 30 of the members 27. From an inspection of Fig. 1 it will be observed that this construction provides a very strong and rigid truss frame having rhomboidal central portions and rectilinear ends.

l The frame members 20 and 27 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the rhomboidal portions with bolt receiving aper tures 34 Aand bearings 35 are ,attached to the frame by these bolt receiving apertures. It

will be obvious that this construction permits'the bearings to be placed above" or be` low either of the frame members so that the bearings may be located atvarying heights with reference to the frame 17. These bearings are so arranged that they may receive the rear axle 36 of the implement and tol this Dend the wheels of said implementwhich are located on that axle are removed. Suitable bolt holes 37 are also provided in the frame members 27 for the purpose of receiving bolts 38 `for attaching the frame members 27 to an implement. By means of this peculiar construction the ordinary four wheeled implement is provided with tractor jmeans so arranged that the implement and tractor are supported on but four wheels thus making it very easy to turn the implement as there is no rigid Wheel base as would be the case were the rear wheels of the implement allowed to remain in position.

There has thus been provided a simple and eiiicient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified and one which by means of the various series of bolt holes and attachments may be adjusted to 'fit any height of implement and may be brought nearer or further from such an implement. It is obvious that minor changes may be -made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from vthe .material principles thereof. It is'not therefore desired to conne the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come *within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. In a device of the kind described, opposed rhomboidal tractor frames, and means for varying the length of said frames.

2. In a device of the kind described, opposed rhomboidal tractor frames each comprising an upper side member having a rigid end member thereon and provided with a series of bolt receiving apertures in the side member, and a similar bottom, side and end member similarly provided, the extremities of each of the end members being provided with bolt receiving apertures adapted to register with the bolt receiving apertures of the other side member, and bolts passing through said apertures.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an implement axle; of opposed rhomboidal tractor frames, means for varying the length of said frames, and bearin s attachable above or below either of the si e members of said rhomboidal frames.

4. In a device ofthe kind described, opposed rhomboidal tractor frames each comprising an upper side member having a rigid end member thereon and provided with a se ries of bolt receiving apertures in the side member, asimilar bot-tom, side and end member similarly provided, the extremities of each of the end members being provided with bolt receiving apertures adapted to register with the bolt receiving apertures of the other side member, bolts passing through said apertures; in combination with anv 11nplenient axle, and bearings attachable above or below either of the side members of said rhomboidal frames and arranged to receive said implement axle.

5. In a device of the kind described, op-` posed rhomboidal tractor frames, means for varying the length o'f said frames, and an engine supporting frame carried on ,said tractor frames.

6.. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an implement axle; of opposed rhomboidal tractor frames, means for varying the length of said frames, bearings attachable above or below either of the side ymembers of said rhomboidal frames and arranged to receive said axle, and an engine supporting frame carried. on said tractor frames. u

7. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an implement axle; of opposed rhomboidal tractor frames each comprising an upper side member having a rigid members of said rhomboidal frames and arranged to receive said axle. In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, 1n presenceof two witnesses.

ALBERT H. wARroHow.

Witnesses:

W.l W. WEDGE, R. F. WEIGEL. 

